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50 Cards in this Set

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alloy
to conmingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure
appropriate
to take for one's use, confiscate
arrest, arresting
to suspect; to engage; holding one's attention: as in arrested adolesence, an arresting portrait
august
majestic, venerable
bent
leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
broach
bring up, announce, begin to talk about
brook
to tolerate, endure, countenance
cardinal
major
chauvinist
a blindly devouted patriot
color
to change as if by dyeing; to distort, gloss or affect
consequential
pompous, self-important
damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
die
a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
essay
to test or try; attempt; experiment
exact
to demand, call for, require, take
fell
to cause to fall by striking
OR
inhumanly creul
flag
to sag or droop; to beome spiritless, to decline
flip
sarcastic, impertinent as in flippant
ford
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
grouse
to complain or grumble
guy
a rope, cord or cable attached to somthing as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
intimate
to imply, suggest or insinuate
list
to tilt or lean to one side
lumber
to move heavily and clumsily
meet
fitting, proper
milk
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
mince
pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, soeak too carefully
nice
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
obtain
to be established, accepted, or customary
occult
hidden, concealed, beyong comprehension
pedestrian
commonplace, trite, unremarkable
pied
multicolored; usually in blotches
pine
to lose vigor; to yearn
plastic
moldable; pliable, not rigid
pluck
courage, spunk fortitude
prize
to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by fore, spoils
rail
to complain about bitterly
rent
torn, past of rend
quail
to lose courage, turn frightened
qualify
to limit
sap
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
OR
a fool or nitwit
scurvy
contemptible, despicable
singular
exceptional, unusual, odd
stand
a group of trees
steep
to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tra bag steep
strut
the supporting structural cross part of a wing
table
to remove
tender
to proffer or offer
waffle
to equivocate; to change one's position
wag
wit, joker